An Iranian court has convicted two activists in absentia and sentenced them to jail and lashes over a 2007 protest.

Shadi Sadr, 35, an award-winning women's rights activist, was sentenced to six  years in jail and 74 lashes for acting against national security and harming public order, her lawyer, Mohammad Mostafai, said according to Iranian media reports.

Another activist, Mahbubeh Abbas-Gholizadeh, was sentenced to 2 and 1/2 years in jail and 30 lashes for similar  charges, Mostafai said

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